# Weird medieval animal facts

An episode of [Weird Medieval Guys](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1694002215), 8 Mar 2024, 1 h 33 min.

Audio: https://content.rss.com/episodes/216197/1379843/weirdmedievalguys/2024_03_08_17_30_02_878ba2b7-c7c5-4ffa-8a92-197bf096503c.mp3

Something tells me it's all happening at the zoo... Spring is just around the corner in the northern hemisphere, so it's time to learn some animal facts! Turns out, medieval people had all sorts of strange beliefs about wildlife both real and imagined. So, join Olivia, Aran, and beloved naturalist Sir David Attenborough* as they take you to meet fruit-rustling hedgehogs, homicidal pelicans, immortal eagles, and the most tender lovers in the animal kingdom: bears. Also discussed: the existential terror of Animorphs, CS Lewis' creative process, and which animals are Jesus. • An excellent English translation of a Latin bestiary https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/PVFA6XOOSG2448C • The Ashmole Bestiary https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/faeff7fb-f8a7-44b5-95ed-cff9a9ffd198/ • The Northumberland Bestiary https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/109AX3 *Not really.

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